Candice
#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #6,519
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 3,791 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 6 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 67,984since 1925
Candice over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,172 | 25 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,297 | 48 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,508 | 70 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,438 | 73 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,018 | 97 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,622 | 135 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,839 | 112 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,634 | 131 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,792 | 114 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,719 | 120 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,554 | 141 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,574 | 139 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,322 | 182 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,057 | 247 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,059 | 247 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,024 | 250 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,078 | 213 | — | |
| 2003 | #920 | 258 | — | |
| 2002 | #923 | 242 | — | |
| 2001 | #789 | 299 | — | |
| 2000 | #714 | 324 | — | |
| 1999 | #664 | 345 | — | |
| 1998 | #593 | 407 | — | |
| 1997 | #546 | 431 | — | |
| 1996 | #417 | 609 | — | |
| 1995 | #384 | 688 | — | |
| 1994 | #292 | 937 | — | |
| 1993 | #252 | 1,102 | — | |
| 1992 | #198 | 1,487 | — | |
| 1991 | #173 | 1,745 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #147 | 2,117 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #134 | 2,260 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #130 | 2,227 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #121 | 2,291 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #108 | 2,560 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #86 | 3,195 | #2,828 | 17 |
| 1984 | #86 | 3,393 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #84 | 3,420 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #78 | 3,791 | #2,518 | 19 |
| 1981 | #86 | 3,698 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #99 | 3,012 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #128 | 2,227 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #168 | 1,615 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #203 | 1,273 | — | |
| 1976 | #202 | 1,209 | — | |
| 1975 | #220 | 1,125 | — | |
| 1974 | #274 | 936 | — | |
| 1973 | #264 | 946 | — | |
| 1972 | #263 | 1,002 | — | |
| 1971 | #260 | 1,129 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #287 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1969 | #345 | 678 | — | |
| 1968 | #356 | 622 | — | |
| 1967 | #409 | 511 | — | |
| 1966 | #518 | 331 | — | |
| 1965 | #596 | 259 | — | |
| 1964 | #751 | 193 | — | |
| 1963 | #764 | 181 | — | |
| 1962 | #691 | 222 | — | |
| 1961 | #664 | 240 | — | |
| 1960 | #610 | 268 | — | |
| 1959 | #498 | 384 | — | |
| 1958 | #468 | 412 | — | |
| 1957 | #393 | 538 | — | |
| 1956 | #325 | 721 | — | |
| 1955 | #363 | 577 | — | |
| 1954 | #353 | 595 | — | |
| 1953 | #325 | 644 | — | |
| 1952 | #294 | 758 | — | |
| 1951 | #305 | 661 | — | |
| 1950 | #278 | 764 | — | |
| 1949 | #271 | 817 | — | |
| 1948 | #307 | 617 | — | |
| 1947 | #342 | 540 | — | |
| 1946 | #476 | 273 | — | |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Candice! It came in at #4,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1942, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Candice is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nevada#562 · 1 in 2,502
- Mississippi#579 · 1 in 2,501
- South Carolina#646 · 1 in 3,158
- Alabama#651 · 1 in 3,397
- Kentucky#668 · 1 in 4,061
Best ever in a state: #41 in Mississippi, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #562 | 5 | 1 in 2,502 |
| Mississippi | #579 | 5 | 1 in 2,501 |
| South Carolina | #646 | 6 | 1 in 3,158 |
| Alabama | #651 | 6 | 1 in 3,397 |
| Kentucky | #668 | 5 | 1 in 4,061 |
| Tennessee | #709 | 8 | 1 in 3,973 |
| Maryland | #757 | 6 | 1 in 4,191 |
| Georgia | #759 | 13 | 1 in 4,141 |
| Washington | #772 | 7 | 1 in 4,376 |
| Arizona | #803 | 9 | 1 in 4,254 |
| Minnesota | #831 | 5 | 1 in 5,373 |
| Michigan | #889 | 8 | 1 in 5,900 |
| Texas | #892 | 30 | 1 in 5,539 |
| Ohio | #895 | 9 | 1 in 6,367 |
| Indiana | #897 | 6 | 1 in 5,514 |
| North Carolina | #946 | 8 | 1 in 5,887 |
| New York | #948 | 16 | 1 in 6,033 |
| California | #954 | 36 | 1 in 6,521 |
| New Jersey | #1,121 | 5 | 1 in 8,141 |
| Virginia | #1,145 | 5 | 1 in 7,573 |
| Florida | #1,259 | 10 | 1 in 8,912 |
| Illinois | #1,692 | 5 | 1 in 13,629 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Candice
- 327 spots since 2024 (#4,772 → #5,099)
- 2,084 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #5,099)
- 3,260 spots since 2015 (#1,839 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 623 spots in 1945 (#1,364 → #741)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 2004 (#920 → #1,078)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1982 at #78 (3,791 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 6 yrs · run 1980–1985
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1945–2003
- Highest: 1 in 447 girls born in 1982 were named Candice (0.22%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.9% of all girls named Candice (29,847) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 6 | #4,426 (1925) | #4,426 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 2,405 | #271 (1949) | #762 |
| 1950s | 6,054 | #278 (1950) | #360 |
| 1960s | 3,505 | #345 (1969) | #570 |
| 1970s | 12,484 | #128 (1979) | #227 |
| 1980s | 29,847 | #78 (1982) | #101 |
| 1990s | 9,868 | #147 (1990) | #367 |
| 2000s | 2,482 | #714 (2000) | #996 |
| 2010s | 1,132 | #1,554 (2011) | #1,870 |
| 2020s | 201 | #3,015 (2020) | #4,484 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Candice in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 7,605 of them was named Candice, which outranked 94.9% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,018Jailyn251
- #1,018Rianna251
- #1,018Sky251
- #1,024Candice250
- #1,024Sandy250
- #1,026Ariella249
- #1,026Ashton249
- #1,026Candace249
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.